Books by Timothy Snyder
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review 1: Really interesting approach to the history of Central Europe in the 20th century in that it's told not as a "people's history" (the author is no stranger to that format, however) but through the lives the last relevant leg of a monarchist dynasty that was tossed about through cha...
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review 1: FINALLY read this. Eye-opening, particularly given the current situation in Ukraine.From p. 52: "In fall 1933, in villages across Soviet Ukraine the harvest was brought in by Red Army soldiers, communist party activists, workers, and students. Forced to work even as they died, ...